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Adobe today announced the availability of Lightroom 3.5 and Camera Raw 6.5 Release Candidates on Adobe Labs. The Release Candidates bring camera support to 12 new Raw file formats including the Sony Alpha NEX-C3 and add over 25 new lens profiles including support for the Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 35mm f1.4-GB ED and Canon EF 14mm f2.8 L USM lenses to help photographers automatically correct unwanted distortion and chromatic aberration.

In addition, the Lightroom 3.5 and Camera Raw 6.5 updates address a number of issues reported by customers on the previous releases. Adobe encourages the community to provide feedback on the updates so it can ensure the highest quality experience for customers working on diverse hardware and software configurations.

Lightroom has become an important digital photography workflow solution, helping serious amateur and professional photographers quickly import, manage, enhance and showcase all their images within one application. The Photoshop Camera Raw plug-in provides fast and easy access to raw image formats produced by many leading digital camera.

Pricing and Availability

The Lightroom 3.5 update is available as a free download for Lightroom 3 customers and the Photoshop Camera Raw 6.5 plug-in is available as a free download for Photoshop CS5 customers. For more information and to test out the updates, visit http://labs.adobe.com/. Feedback can be provided on the Adobe User to User forum at http://forums.adobe.com.